Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds

NCT04102488 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2019-01518; me19Widmer
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Conditions

Hand Hygiene

Keywords

reduction of bacterial counts; hand hygiene technique

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change of bacterial counts on hands

  Change of bacterial counts on hands as determined by the mean logarithmic reduction in bacterial counts after performance of hand hygiene

  30 minutes

Study Arms (4)

6-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

EXPERIMENTAL

Procedure: Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

6-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

EXPERIMENTAL

Procedure: Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

EXPERIMENTAL

Procedure: Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

EXPERIMENTAL

Procedure: Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Interventions

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

6-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

6-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 31 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Medical students are eligible for participation
• Signed informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• No signed informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland: lead

Study Sites (1)

Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Basel, 4031, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Andreas Widmer, Prof. Dr. MD

  University Hospital Basel, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: two different hand hygiene techniques (six steps and three steps) and two different application times for hand rub (30 seconds and 15 seconds)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 24, 2019
• First Posted: September 25, 2019
• Study Start: September 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: February 21, 2020
• Study Completion: February 21, 2020
• Last Updated: April 8, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Locations

CH (1)